TOMM Decoration Team

A school event from December 2023 in Dubai where I was part of the decoration team, and the group chat was pure Hindi banter.

What It Was

TOMM was a school event and our job was to decorate the venue. Sounds simple, but when you put a bunch of teenagers in charge of decorations, it becomes an entire production. The group chat was where all the coordination happened — who's bringing what supplies, who's showing up early, and who's slacking off.

The Hindi Banter

The best part of this chat was that half the messages were in Hindi. Just casual roasting, jokes, and the kind of banter that only makes sense when you switch between English and Hindi mid-sentence. "Bhai ye kaun karega" and "tu kar na" on repeat. Hinglish at its peak.

The Experience

There's something special about school events like this. You're working together on something that doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but in the moment it feels like the most important thing ever. The decorations probably looked mid, but the bonding was elite.

Why I Remember It

December 2023 was a busy month socially. Between Halloween aftermath, this event, and all the other group chats popping off, it was peak social life era. TOMM decoration was just one piece of a really good time.